The longtime fixture in the Michigan golf scene has seen his share, having helmed both Tullymore and True North golf clubs in Northern Michigan. O'Brien was instrumental in taking True North from a successful upscale public to a private club in the past few years . . .

We found everything we heard about LochenHeath was true: incredible views of East Bay, a course built on sand- dunes, naturally rolling where the course designer let the earth’s original architect do most of the work. With the added color contrasts of bent grass fairways surrounded by tall fescues we were having a Zen experience as we played the northeast facing fourth hole . . .

Adam Schriber, an internationally acclaimed Michigan-based golf instructor, has joined LochenHeath Golf Club near Traverse City as the Director of Instruction. The Golf Magazine Top 100 teacher will work with LochenHeath Members and the golf professionals at the facility while continuing to teach touring professionals and top-ranked amateurs from around the world . . .

The sounds of California strum for a good cause this Friday to give a local hospice a boost.Munson Hospice serves a 12-county region in Northwest lower Michigan, assisting approximately 700 patients a year. On average they have about an $800-per-patient shortfall (half a million dollars annually). The not-for-profit organization has to rely on just a handful of fundraisers each year to make up the difference . . .